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Reidunn learned how to become a master hypnotherapist to help her husband Gerard with learning disabilities from his brain damage, due to strokes. Day after day, Reidunn was able to help Gerard progress in way that we never thought possible. Then other people who heard about Reidunn’s success with her husband began calling her, asking if she could help them with their problems (You will see a list of what she is able to help people overcome or improve upon) Now she is known as an expert in her field to the level that doctors from as far as Miami are sending their patients to Reidunn, so that she can help them where medicine can not.

If you would alike to make a call to see if a hypnotherapy treatment with Reidunn can help you,

Call: 904 887 9596Email: reidunngerard@hotmail.com

Thank you.~Reidunn

(Please enjoy the following information and testimonials)

Letters to Beaches Hypnotherapy

Relaxation and Self-confidenceProvided by YP.comPosted by Ali123456 on 08/29/2010

Dear Reidunn, Thank you so much for a very pleasant experience. I am no stranger to hypnotherapy, while in college I worked with a hypnotherapist, and found it most beneficial in dealing with the stress of school and family life. I found your suggestions to me very encouraging and helpful. I had been in an artistic slump for well over a year. After our session I found a renewed confidence and have since produced some of my best work. The odd thing is my photography is now in color and has always been in black and white. The latest images are of children and are all very expressive. To truly get great shots with children, you have to be very relaxed and receptive. This allows you to be alert to their sudden expressions of delight. I now enjoy photography so much more. In addition, this creative confidence has extended to my professional career. As a sales representative, relaxation and confidence puts everyone at ease and creates a more productive work day. Even the simple act of cooking is easier to enjoy and seems so much more satisfying. I have recently had two large dinner parties, which I handled with ease and actually was able to enjoy myself! I sincerely believe that hypnosis has helped me quiet myself to be able to think through the projects in my life with an expectation of success.

Thank you so much!! -Ali

Anxiety

Depression

Weight lossHi Reidunn –

My hypnotherapy experience with you was worth more than money can buy.

Prior to my session, my mind was consumed with worries, doubts, fears, etc. My attitude auto defaulted to a state of pessimism, and I struggled to remain patient when life situations didn’t evolve in ways I hoped/expected they would. Since my session, my mind has never felt freer, and I and others are noticing immediate differences in the way I handle situations that previously would’ve bothered me: I’m more composed, more optimistic, and more focused in the Now. This may sound cliche, but I feel like a new person ready, willing, and confident to soar again.

Thank you for helping me rediscover my wings. I’m eternally grateful, and hope to connect with you again!

Sincerely,

Michael

DepressionI have (had) suffered from depression for 20+ years. I had resisted using drugs; therapy helped but ultimately was ineffective. After one session of Hypnotherapy I can only describe myself as light-hearted.I no longer feel the pain that plagued me for so many years! I feel that I can now move on with my life and do all the things that I have always wanted to!

Thank you so much Reidunn.

Depression

AnxietyMy life has been one disaster after another, and sometime the burdens become almost too heavy to bear. I have tried everything else, so I thought I might as well try hypnotherapy. After unburdening myself to Reidunn, she hypnotized me, and when I opened my eyes, I had never felt so good . I felt so light, like someone had lifted the burden off my chest . I felt light, muscles relaxing, all tightness and anxiety left me, the environment around me soft and weightless. I feel confident, ready to face anything, the past is gone, I will learn from it, but not dwell on it. God is good.

Reidunn, I can never thank you enough.Sincerely, Patrick

Self ConfidenceProvided by YP.comPosted by sonya77 on 05/15/2010

I always had a problem with self confidence. I was nervous when any attention was on me. I got hypnotized 6 months ago and the change is remarkable. I feel much more confident, my marriage has improved tremendously, I started a new job, which I love, and I can’t thank enough Reidunn!

Life long bad habitProvided by YP.comPosted by salvagsurf on 01/14/2010

I have always bitten my nails, ever since I was a child. I had made a few attempts to quit in the past but never was able to make it more than a few days. My new girlfriend couldn’t stand to see me biting my nails and knew that I had always wanted to quit so she recommended looking into hypnotherapy. I live in the Bahamas and was recommended to Reidunn Bergheim Petroni through a friend, so I flew up to Atlantic Beach and had a session. It was an incredible experience that was very professional and comfortable. I immediately felt at ease around Reidunn and I could tell that she was a very experienced hypnotherapist. I slipped into a surreal trance to the sound of her soothing voice and when I awoke I felt very relaxed at first and then was filled with an amazing surge of energy about a half hour later, like I had had the most restful sleep of my life. Its been two weeks and haven’t bitten a nail yet!

Hypnosis at its finest…..Provided by YP.comPosted by christyhowelmt on 09/08/2009

In January of 2009, I had decided that I was in need to overcome some anxieties that I had had in my past and present, ones that were restricting me from progressing in my life and preventing me to have successful relationships. I had tried the pharmaceutical world and realized that it was not meant for me. Side effects, weight gain, crazy hormonal changes, these side effects were worse than the anxiety itself.

I came across a wonderful hypnotherapist named Reidunn Petroni. She really encouraged me to give hypnotherapy a try. So In my mind I thought, why not? I have nothing else to loose.

I felt very comfortable and at ease with Reidunn, as she guided me through this sixty minute journey in my mind, lowering me to levels of my subconscious mind to battle with the ailment I had suffered with for such a long time. Nothing weird or outlandish happened, she was very professional, ethical, and had a sweet soothing voice. The time whirled by and in my mind I was able to discover where I had developed the anxiety, how to take control over it, and I also became aware of an increase in motivation to take control of the anxiety and not submit to it.

Throughout the hypnotherapy, Reidunn had mentioned that I would see the color red and notice how bright and clear the color was, that I would feel a sense of warmth and calmness when the color red appeared, so I would like to invite you to enjoy this funny story that I experienced about a week after my hypnotherapy. It had been a long day and on my way home from work I stumbled upon a traffic jam. Blaring red lights beaming brightly in front of me for miles, now my usual reaction would have been to become anxious and frustrated, and most people probably would say they experienced these same frustrations, but due to my wonderful hypnotherapy session, I felt this nice warm sense of relaxation overcome my body. Instead of getting annoyed by the traffic, I became full of relaxation and enjoyed sitting in the traffic having time to catch up on some phone calls and listen to some music. It was nice and before I knew traffic was flowing and I was on my way home in no time. Since then I have experienced even more benefits and reached successful levels with relationships I never thought I could.

Thanks to Reidunn’s wonderful skills, my view on hypnotherapy has changed. I had often thought hypnotherapy was a hoax, but through a true experience I have been proven wrong. I would recommend Reidunn Petroni to anyone who has difficulty with anxiety, depression, fears, addiction, self esteem, and/or wanting to quit a bad habit.

Sincerely,

Christy Howe; L.M.T., L.D.T.Ma#37505

The Mind is a powerful instrumentThe Edgar Cayce once said, “The mind is the builder”. The mind is a powerful instrument, capable of building our reality. One method of tapping into the powers of the mind is through the use of hypnosis. Once you identify your negative thoughts, moods or habits, you can then replace those undesirable traits with positive beliefs.

By using the healing power of hypnosis, it’s possible to go directly to the subconscious mind to alter most any condition that is troubling us. You see, the mind acts upon the forces of our physical body through the controlled use of suggestion. Self hypnosis is the tool we can use to feed our subconscious with helpful, life changing commands to achieve our goals.

Hypnosis is simply the means to allow our bodies to become relaxed and receptive to the positive ideas we wish to receive in place of our negative thoughts. Being hypnotized is an enjoyable state of heightened awareness. This is a natural condition, a mental state we all experience two or more times a day – when we fall asleep and then again when we wake up.

It is rare for a person to fall into an extreme, deep trance or sleep. Most people will become very comfortable and relaxed, similar to a condition known as natural hypnosis. If you’ve ever been so engrossed in a project, or concentrated so intently on a book you’re reading that you block out everything around you, then you already know what natural hypnosis is. It’s a way to allow our subconscious mind to achieve the goals that our conscious mind desires.

SmokingI have a friend that has smoked for 45 years,…. and after one session with her quit. He has struggled with smoking for most of his life and I had never seen him happier.He recommended that I see Reidunn. I have struggled with depression and obsessive thoughts lately, and have been to many therapists without much relief. So why not try hypnosis?

After unburdening myself to Reidunn and spending over two hours with this understanding hypnotherapist and then being hypnotized, I walked away a new man with peace in my heart. She explained to me that by going directly to my subconscious mind, it’s possible to alter most conditions that are troubling me. -And she did. Life is full of challenges, and I know difficulties will keep coming, but I feel stronger and ready to meet them now.

Sincerely,Mark

Smoking Wow, I can’t remember the last time I felt this good,” These were the first words that came out of my mouth after my session with Reidunn. When I first arrived she explained about hypnosis, how it works with the will, not against it. Reidunn explained that she could not make me do anything that I didn’t want to do.I wanted help to quit smoking, because my coworkers bugged me all the time. Deep down however I really enjoyed smoking, but figured if it worked that I could at least smoke less through hypnosis, than that would be great. After me Hypnosis session with reidunn, I have cut way down on my smoking, but did not quit completely as it was something i enjoyed. I simply wanted to curb the amount of smoking that I did, an this is exactly what happened after my hypnosis session. It was truly worth it to spend those hours with Reidunn as now being hypnotized by Reidunn I now smoke less. Thank you for all the care and kindness you have shown me, I am coming back when I am ready to completely quit.

Love,Amy

Depression and childhood painsDear Reidunn,Thank you for helping me with my problems, to deal with my depression and my childhood disasters. I am very grateful for the session we had, you allowed me to totally unburden myself and I feel like the burden is lifted off my shoulders. After being hypnotized I feel I have become a more positive person, more at peace. I feel now I can face the world energized with a positive and confident attitude, Can’t thank you enough,

Love ,Audrey

SmokingI started smoking cigarettes in my early…,I started smoking cigarettes in my early twenties to rid myself of anxiety that would come on from stressful situations at work. I smoked for 4 years and tried many times to stop on my own, always unsuccessful. I found that I could go for days without smoking especially being around non smokers or athletes. But every time I ended up back at work I would go outside and light a cigarette.

In the middle of a 5K run with a friend I realized my lungs were so tight that it was hard to breathe. I went for a swim in the ocean and the same thing happened. I had completely lost my endurance. I knew in that moment I had to stop for good but that I would need help. A friend recommended Reidunn Bergheim Petroni, a certified hypnotherapist in Atlantic Beach. I thought what do I have to lose? I had never been hypnotized and didn’t know much about it. Reidunn made me feel extremely comfortable and explained what the experience would be like before we started. I was reassured that I would be in control of my mind and body the entire time. I was asked to pick a focal point on the wall and focus on it for several seconds, then to take several deep breaths and slowly close my eyes. Reidunn began to speak in a calm voice and before I knew it my body was so relaxed. It was like nothing I had experienced before. I’ve done meditation, bikram yoga, had several massages but nothing compared to this serene peace. I could hear the words Reidunn was speaking the entire time and even found myself repeating them in my head. In the end, when I opened my eyes she asked me how I felt (incredible) and what I remembered. The first thing I said was, “I am a non smoker and will be a non smoker for the rest of my life.” It was an amazing hour and time well spent.

Reidunn gave me information on the benefits of the mind and body when you stop smoking to take home. Within 20 minutes of not smoking a cigarette the body temperature of your hands and feet increase to normal, 8 hours the oxygen blood level returns to normal, 24 hours the chance of a heart attack decreases, and 48 hours nerve endings start regrowing and smell and taste are enhanced. These are just some of the benefits, there are many more. I would highly recommend this treatment to anyone who smokes and would like to stop. Just pick up the phone and call her (904) 887-9596, she is one of the sweetest ladies you’ll ever meet.

Low Self Esteem, past pains and internal motivation needsWorking with you really helped me recognize the eternal battle I am having within myself. Sometimes I want to be fixed and cured without thoroughly deserving it. You helped me find motivation and clarity in my mind. Thank you for your skill and time. I now know more about my own strength. -Tanner

Provided by YP.com (Yellow Pages)

Reidunn Petroni next to her husband and children. Saturday, June 2, 2009. After Party for the very first NEVER QUIT Beach Fest that took place earlier this day. Reidunn hypnotized her husband everyday and helped him achieve staggering positive results. The difference of how Gerard looked only 1 year before this picture was taken is almost hard to imagine. Gerard’s brain was severely injured and most doctors thought he would never live. Reidunn’s hypnosis helped teach/train areas of Gerard’s brain that were healthy, to take over responsibilities of the damaged areas caused from his stoke and brain bleed.

What is Hypnosis?

Hypnosis is gaining popularity and credibility as a treatment for a multitude of troubles. Recently, much research has been done using the latest brain-imaging technology. PET, MRI, and EEG scans show that hypnotized subjects actually have altered sensory perception. A 2000 study in The American Journal of Psychiatry revealed that when hypnotized subjects were told a black and white picture was in color, their brain activity was consistent with seeing colors. Other studies indicated brain activity congruent with hearing noises when there were none, or not feeling pain when a subject’s hands were submerged in painfully hot or cold water. Researchers at Harvard University have found it diminishes the need for anesthesia during invasive procedures such as angioplasty and breast reconstruction and speeds post-operative healing.

The treatment of ailments by suggestion has ancient roots but is earning widespread recognition in modern medicine. The American Medical Association recognized hypnosis in 1956 as a legitimate form of therapy. The benefits of hypnosis are profound. Hypnosis is able to make rapid and substantial change because it helps a person to access the “programming” of their mind in order to make a desired permanent change. As positive change is made a person becomes healthier mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. A healthy, happy person who is feeling positive and fulfilled in their life radiates this success and therefore attracts even more

Hypnosis… What Is It?

When a person is in HYPNOSIS, they are deeply relaxed physically. However mentally, they are far more alert than in their normal state of awareness. They hear and respond to everything and are an active participant in the session. A person has COMPLETE CONTROL over what they will or will not do, and they will instantly reject any suggestion that is uncomfortable. If they like and want the suggestions given, for instance, to stop smoking, the suggestion is allowed to enter the subconscious mind. This part of us is like a computer and must respond to everything that is allowed to enter it.

We ARE the programming our subconscious has received. If that part of our mind views us as fat, fat we become. If it perceives we smoke, then we smoke!

Using HYPNOSIS, we are able to access this subconscious computer and reprogram ourselves to be whatever we wish to be.

The Three Parts of Your MindFirst, it is important to understand how your mind works. We have three separate and distinct parts of our mind. These three parts are: the conscious mind, the subconscious mind, and the unconscious mind, each having different responsibilities with very little communication among each other. Imagining that the parts of our mind are at different levels, first, we have a conscious mind. Our conscious mind is actively working right now. Below our conscious level of awareness, is where we will find our subconscious mind. And going even deeper to find our unconscious mind.

Our unconscious mind is basically responsible for two things. It controls the strength or weakness of our immune system and it controls our automatic body functions. Automatic body functions such as the beating of our heart and the blinking of our eyes. Our unconscious mind is basically unaffected by hypnosis.

Our conscious mind is where we spend most of your time. Basically, it has four responsibilities. First, it analyzes by examining information or an event and then deciding how to solve it. It also makes the thousands of decisions that we face through out a typical day. Decisions that appear to be automatic, but in fact, are not. Examples of such decisions are: “Should I turn the light on? Should I open the door? Should I dry my hands?” These type of decisions may appear to be automatic but really we make a decision as to whether or not we want to do them.

The second part of our conscious mind can actually get us into trouble some times. It is the rational part of our conscious mind. It must give us a reason why we behave in a particular fashion. Understanding that if we don’t have a reason for why we behave in a certain way that we become anxious, nervous, frustrated. If this goes on too long it can lead to serious mental illness. Now, just because the rational conscious mind gives us a reason doesn’t mean it is an accurate reason. And the biggest problem is that the reason is never original. The following are examples of this problem: a smoker says “I smoke because it helps me to relax. I need a cigarette when I drink coffee,” or “I need a cigarette after I eat;” an overweight person says “I eat when I am bored, I eat when I am upset,” or “I eat when I am happy.” Really, before the smoker developed the habit, he actually heard other people that smoked say, “I smoke because it makes me feel calm and relaxed” etc. And the same with the overweight person, who heard other overweight people claiming “I’m overweight because I eat when I’m nervous” etc.

One of the real reasons people are smokers or overweight is because of a need of security or belonging. Security being a basic need for all human beings. As an example: generally, a smoker starts smoking when he is young and because he wants to belong to another group of friends. If he feels that he doesn’t belong to this particular group, his subconscious mind (which must protect him against danger, real or imagined) recognizes the lack of security as a definite danger. In order to feel secure and accepted by the group, he accepts a cigarette, immediately rewarded by feeling accepted with his level of security going up. Having nothing to do with feelings of relaxation.The next part of our conscious mind is what has been labeled will power. This part of our conscious mind is weak and we are all familiar with it. A person might say, “I am putting down this pack of cigarettes and I am never going to smoke again.” We all know how long that lasts! And just as familiar for the person who has tried to diet. Will power weakens and the old habit patterns return again.

The last part of our conscious mind is called working memory or short term memory. It is the memory we need every day, to get through an average day. “How do I get to work? What is my husband or wife’s name? What is my phone number?” Etc.These four responsibilities make up the conscious mind. In summary, the conscious mind is very logical, rational, and analythical; and frequently WRONG.

Now, where the REAL you lives, in the level below the conscious,is called the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is extremely powerful, it is the most powerful part of our mind. It can make you into anything that you want to be. Like the old saying, “What you perceive is what you shall be.” Whether you think of yourself as rich and famous, poor, thin, overweight, happy or sad, it is the REAL us. To understand the subconscious mind, you need to realize that it is very similar to a computer. A computer, if bought new with no programming, will not respond when given a command.

It will only respond to a command once the programming has been put there. Once the programming is there, the computer must operate according to that programming, it has no choice. If you purchase new programming, put it in the computer, and eliminate the old programming; it can no longer operate according to the old programming. It must respond and operate according to the new programming. Well, this is the way our subconscious mind works. It is a computer, functioning with the same type of rules and regulations. Only much more powerful. When we are born, our computers are basically unprogrammed- there is some programming, but not very much. We program our computer each and every day through our life experiences. The primary rule of our computer is this: It MUST make us into the type of person that it perceives us to be based on the programming that has been placed into it. And programming is continually added to it day after day until we die. As an example: if that computer subconscious mind of ours says we are fat, then we are fat! If it says we are thin, a smoker, a success, or a failure then that is what we are. It adds up all the programming and makes a decision about us, about the type of person that we are, and then that is exactly what we are! Never rising above that label until we change the perception of ourselves.

So, thinking along the lines of a computer… our subconscious mind has operational software. The first software being our memory… our long-term, permanent memory which goes as far back as birth. The subconscious mind is similar to a video camera. Everything that has ever happened to you, that you have heard, seen, touched, smelled, and tasted is locked permanently into the memory banks of your subconscious mind. We never ‘forget’ anything. If necessary, in hypnosis we can access that memory bank and appear to travel back in time. For example, in regression hypnosis we can travel back and re-live your first birthday or your birth. Now, this is much more than recall, it actually feels like you are there, it is happening all over again. You can hear very clearly, see what happened, feel, smell, and taste. We never forget anything in the subconscious second programming we have in the inner mind, the subconscious mind, is habits. Now, you really only have three kinds of habits. Some are good and some are bad, but most of our habits are utilitarian. We automatically respond in a certain fashion when something else happens. For example, when the telephone rings we don’t look at it and wonder what it is and why it is making that sound. We decide to pick it up or not depending on our mood.

Emotion is the next thing in our subconscious mind. Of course, we wouldn’t want to be without emotions like love, caring and all the other good emotions. But sometimes our emotions get us into trouble. The conscious mind can not deal with emotions in any way, that is not part of its job. Any time we need emotion our conscious mind parts like the Red Sea and we deal with the particular situation from our irrational, juvenile like, but highly intelligent subconscious mind. And as I said, sometimes it gets us into trouble. Many times we deal with situations with an extreme amount of emotion that really isn’t necessary. Then after the situation is over and that analytical conscious mind takes over again, you find yourself thinking or saying, “Why did I say that?” or “Why did I do that?” This has happened to all of us at one point in time.

The next thing in our subconscious mind is our protective mind. This is likely the most important part. It must protect us against danger, real OR imagined. Understanding that something imagined by our subconscious mind is just as real as something truly experienced, it can’t tell the difference and it MUST protect us.

The last part of the subconscious mind is a negative part of us. Even though the subconscious is the most powerful part of our mind, it is extremely lazy. It doesn’t like to do the work that is required to accept positive suggestions. To give us change in areas where we would like to have change. It likes to keep things the way that they are, it takes too much work to make change in a positive way. Positive suggestions are one of the most difficult things to get into our subconscious minds. On the other hand, negative suggestions go into this inner part of us like a hot knife through butter, because it doesn’t take any work to accept a negative suggestion.ious, only at the conscious level.

The second programming we have in the inner mind, the subconscious mind, is habits. Now, you really only have three kinds of habits. Some are good and some are bad, but most of our habits are utilitarian. We automatically respond in a certain fashion when something else happens. For example, when the telephone rings we don’t look at it and wonder what it is and why it is making that sound. We decide to pick it up or not depending on our mood.

Emotion is the next thing in our subconscious mind. Of course, we wouldn’t want to be without emotions like love, caring and all the other good emotions. But sometimes our emotions get us into trouble. The conscious mind can not deal with emotions in any way, that is not part of its job. Any time we need emotion our conscious mind parts like the Red Sea and we deal with the particular situation from our irrational, juvenile like, but highly intelligent subconscious mind. And as I said, sometimes it gets us into trouble. Many times we deal with situations with an extreme amount of emotion that really isn’t necessary. Then after the situation is over and that analythical conscious mind takes over again, you find yourself thinking or saying, “Why did I say that?” or “Why did I do that?” This has happened to all of us at one point in time.

The next thing in our subconscious mind is our protective mind. This is likely the most important part. It must protect us against danger, real OR imagined. Understanding that something imagined by our subconscious mind is just as real as something truly experienced, it can’t tell the difference and it MUST protect us.

The last part of the subconscious mind is a negative part of us. Even though the subconscious is the most powerful part of our mind, it is extremely lazy. It doesn’t like to do the work that is required to accept positive suggestions. To give us change in areas where we would like to have change. It likes to keep things the way that they are, it takes too much work to make change in a positive way. Positive suggestions are one of the most difficult things to get into our subconscious minds. On the other hand, negative suggestions go into this inner part of us like a hot knife through butter, because it doesn’t take any work to accept a negative suggestion.

As an example: a very heavy person gets out of the shower and looks at herself in the mirror, saying to herself, “I am fat.” That idea or thought goes right into her subconscious and her subconscious mind says, “Yes, that matches the programming that I have in here, that matches my perception of you.” Therefore, it accepts that suggestion and her perception of being fat becomes even stronger, causing her to get heavier. On the other hand, if she said to herself, “I’m thin,” her subconscious would reject the suggestion because it wouldn’t match her programming.

It is important to understand if a thought or a concept is allowed to go into the subconscious mind, it must happen. You could revise or eliminate the old programming and the inner, subconscious mind would then have to respond to the new programming. But it is not that easy. There is one more part of your conscious mind that I failed to mention earlier. It is the critical factor of the conscious mind and it communicates with the subconscious. Its only job is to stop and put on hold any suggestion of positive change that we give ourselves or receive from an outside source. As an example: a man wants to stop smoking. His critical factor communicates with his subconscious, “He wants to stop smoking, can I let this suggestion in?” Now, remember, if this suggestion enters his subconscious mind, it must happen. But his subconscious mind says, “Wait a minute. He’s been smoking for twenty years, he needs cigarettes for security.” (Or whatever reason he has). “Besides you realize I would have to do years of re-programming and I just don’t feel up to it. I don’t want to do it, reject the suggestion!” And so the suggestion is rejected and can not go into the subconscious, inner mind. The only other place to take that suggestion is will power in the conscious mind. And we all know how long will power lasts. How many diets have we been on? How many times have we tried to stop smoking?

Creating Wonderful Change Hypnosis by-passes the critical factor of the conscious mind. By definition, hypnosis is a state of mind in which the critical factor is bypassed, and selective thinking is established. Ninety-five percent of the general public have misconceptions about hypnosis. Because of these misconceptions, hypnosis is not what most people expect it to be. Our bodies, if we are using the relaxation type of hypnosis, are very relaxed; but the more we go into hypnosis, the more our conscious mind becomes alert. In the deeper levels of hypnosis, your conscious mind is two to three hundred times more alert than it is at this very moment. All of your five senses, including hearing, smelling, tasting, and seeing are hundreds of times better than they are right now.

So when you are in hypnosis, you are not asleep, you are extremely alert, probably more alert and clear minded than you have ever been before. The important thing to understand is that the conscious mind takes on a different role when you are in hypnosis. As if it were playing the role of guardian of the gates, there to protect you. When you receive a suggestion in hypnosis, you hear it loud and clear. You then have one of four choices, success or failure is based on what choice you make. Which choice you make determines whether or not the suggestion is allowed to enter your subconscious mind. If it is allowed to enter, you will have the change that you desire; if it is rejected, there will not be a change.

After hearing the suggestion, you have a choice of thinking or saying to yourself one of these four thoughts:

1. “I like that suggestion, I know that one is going to work for me!” With this mental attitude at the conscious level, the suggestion goes into your subconscious mind, and change begins.

2. “Well, that suggestion sounds good, but I don’t think it will work for me.” With this uncomfortable, mental attitude, the suggestion is rejected, and there is no change.

3. “I’m not sure if I like that suggestion or not.” With this neutral, mental attitude, the suggestion is rejected, and there is no change.

4. “Oh, I like that suggestion, boy, I hope it works for me!” The word hope sets you up for failure. It is similar to saying, “I will try,” versus saying “I can do it.” When you decide that something is a priority in your life and that you can do it- then there is no need to hope for it. And so with this mental attitude, the suggestion is rejected, and there is no change.

So, suggestions enter your subconscious mind when YOU take the mental attitude of, “I like that suggestion, I know it is going to work for me!” You are completely responsible for your own success. You are completely responsible for your own failure.

What mental attitude you take when you hear a suggestion determines success or failure.

Hypnosis is up to you. As hypnotherapists, if asked about our success rate with smoking cessation and weight loss, we have to be completely honest. Our success rate is 100%. With excellent training in hypnosis and a lot of experience, we know exactly what to say to our clients to help them to achieve their goals. If they choose to accept the suggestions, they will have wonderful change. If they choose to reject the suggestions, they will have no change. So, as hypnotherapists, our success rate is always perfect. Will yours be perfect? If you accept the suggestions with the correct mental attitude, “I like it, I know it will work,” then you will have 100% success. If you don’t have this mental attitude, then you will fail. It is all up to you!

Can I Be Hypnotized?Ok, the truth be known… There is no such thing as being hypnotized by another person. As a hypnotist I can not hypnotize you! Never have been able to and never will be able to! There is really only one form of hypnosis and that is self-hypnosis. ALL hypnosis is self-hypnosis. You don’t need a hypnotist to go into a beautiful, deep state of hypnosis all by yourself. You certainly don’t need a hypnotist to give you suggestions of positive change in any area of your life. You can do that all by yourself. What you do need is a hypnotist to teach you how to do it. To be a facilitator, to guide you, and to give you a jump start.

A hypnotist can show you how to place yourself into a beautiful state of hypnosis. Feeling the physical relaxation and mental alertness. If you allow the hypnotist to be your guide, she can show you how to stay in the state until the session is over. At any time, if you don’t want to be in this beautiful, relaxed state, you simply decide not to be, and it is over. You then return to your normal state of awareness. But, if you follow the hypnotist’s guidance, you will be shown how to stay there.

If using hypnosis for change, then the most important thing of all is allowing yourself to accept the suggestions given to you with the correct mental attitude. “I like it, I know it is going to work!” Knowing that if you have any other attitude, you will not accept the suggestions. A hypnotist can not force a suggestion into your mind. Only YOU can ALLOW it to happen.

Hypnosis is a 100% consent state… by you. You must allow things to happen. If you don’t want them to happen, you can stop them from happening with the slightest thought. Anyone with an IQ above 70 can go into a very deep level of hypnosis. As long as you want to be! Are you wondering how fast? As long as it takes to snap your fingers! The only thing that keeps a person from going into that beautiful state of physical relaxation and mental alertness is if they have any fears or misconceptions about what hypnosis really is.

How Can Hypnotherapy Help Me? In the beautiful, deep state of hypnosis you are completely relaxed and comfortable. This relaxed state can be used for all of the following, and more. Habit problems can be brought under control, whether smoking, overeating, alcohol, drugs, or unwanted mannerisms.

Relieve pressures of stress at home and at work

Alleviate insomnia

Improve self confidence, self-esteem and other opinions about yourself

Sales success

*Hypnotherapy is effective in countless physical and mental illnesses, often under a physician’s referral. Physical and mental conditions including, but not limited to, the following:

Phobias / Fears

Pain Management

Degenerative condition

Anesthesia requirements

Mood alterations

Improve positive attitude necessary for healing

Common Fears or Misconceptions

Question: “Will I be aware of what is going on?”Answer: Absolutely! Some people feel that when they are in hypnosis, that they are asleep. On the contrary, your mind is two to three hundred times more alert than it is at this very moment. A state that is extremely opposite of sleep. Hypnosis has nothing to do with sleep.

Question: “What if I don’t wake up?”Answer: There is only one thing that you “wake up” from and that is sleep. Since you are not asleep, then… yes, you don’t wake up. What you do is emerge. Anytime that you want to emerge from hypnosis, all you have to do is have the slightest thought that you don’t want to be in this relaxed state anymore. Instantly, the hypnosis is over and you are back to your normal state of awareness.

Concern: “Hypnosis is mind control! The hypnotist can make you do anything they want you to do!”Response: Nothing could be further from the truth! You are in complete control from beginning to end. First, you decide if you even want to be hypnotized… no one (not even a hypnotist) can hypnotize you against your will. All hypnosis is self hypnosis.

Can I Be Hypnotized? Once you choose to go into hypnosis, the hypnotist can give you suggestions. When you hear a suggestion you have one of four choices to make. One of those choices is having the thought “I like it, I know it is going to work.” When you think this way about a suggestion, then that suggestion is allowed by YOU to enter your subconscious mind. Learn more, Creating Wonderful Change. The hypnotist can not force you to accept a suggestion. Lastly, at any time, if you choose to emerge, all you have to do is have the slightest thought that you do not want to be in this relaxed state and you instantly return to your normal awareness. The hypnotist has absolutely NO CONTROL over you at any time! You are completely responsible for your own success. You are completely responsible for your own failure. What mental attitude you take when you hear a suggestion determines your success or failure.

Question: “I have seen stage hypnosis shows. The people on stage are controlled by the hypnotist, aren’t they?”Answer: Sorry, they are not being controlled by the hypnotist. Even though some people would like to claim that their actions were out of their control! Starting at the very beginning, a stage hypnotist advertises that he is coming to town. People that are excited by this type of entertainment decide that they are going. Many of those people want to get up on stage. When the show begins, the hypnotist asks for a show of hands, those people that would like to volunteer to come up on stage. Numerous hands go up. But the hypnotist doesn’t stop there and settle for those volunteers. He tells those volunteers, “really good subjects are those with the best ability to concentrate and who have wonderful imaginations.” So he says he will give the audience a test for concentration and imagination. In reality, the hypnotist is testing the audience for two very important things. First, which people allow themselves to go into hypnosis very rapidly and easily. He has a show to put on and doesn’t want to waste time with long hypnotic techniques. Secondly, and more importantly, he is testing those people to find out who wants to have fun and who is uninhibited in public. These are the people that he invites up on stage. And since these people want to have fun, when they hear a suggestion, they take the mental attitude, “I like it, I want it to work.” And the suggestion is accepted. Now, as you may remember from the stage show, some people, once on stage, didn’t respond to the suggestion. They did not accept the suggestion with the right mental attitude and so the suggestion was rejected. These people are usually asked to return to their seats. If it is late in the show, the hypnotist will just ignore them for the rest of the show. All hypnosis is the same, whether it is on a stage or in a hypnotherapy office. You always have the choice as to whether or not you want to accept the suggestion. If you don;t want it, it will be rejected and there will be no change.

Question: “Will I tell all my deep, dark secrets?”Answer: No! When in hypnosis your mind is two to three hundred times more alert than it is at this very moment. You are in more control of what you say or do then you are right now. If there is something that you don’t want to talk about, then you won’t. No one can make you divulge information that you feel is prohibitive. As a matter of fact, a person would be more likely to get that kind of information from you in your normal state of conscious awareness. Since, while in normal consciousness, your mind is mentally dull compared to your mental capabilities when in hypnosis.